Ancient Echoes: A Sourcebook For Cetacean Characters

When Dr. Marcus Gottfried genlifted five bottlenose dolphins to human-level intelligence in 2042, he changed the world forever. For the first time, humans found themselves sharing their planet with another sentient species. Since that time, genlifted bottlenoses—and the other species that joined them—have become influential citizens of both Earth and Poseidon. From Hydrospan to the Athena Project, genlifted cetaceans have come into their own and play prominent roles in all aspects of modern society and civilization.

Welcome to Ancient Echoes. This sourcebook for Blue Planet™ Second Edition (BPv2) gives players and moderators the resources they need to fully integrate cetacean characters into their games.

Detailed descriptions of cetacean biology, psychology, and culture

New cetacean species: common dolphins, belugas, and pilot whales

Complete information on cetacean society on Poseidon, including new details on Hydrospan and New Fremantle

New rules for cetacean character creation, telepresence, and remote operations that help players create and run exciting and effective cetacean characters

Just received this product in the mail, bought it as a Print On Demand product (my first). It looks brand new (which it is), and now I am wondering why this has not been done earlier. I know there are other sites out there, but DriveThru is the only on [...]

I am beyond delighted that RedBrick is re-releasing the Blue Planet v2 sourcebooks as PDFs (and high-quality ones, at that). I am especially pleased that their first release is the excellent and sadly long-out-of-print Ancient Echoes, a guide to the bi [...]

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